----------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE LATE SEPTEMBER DOGS - Melissa Etheridge ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: M. Etheridge Album: "Melissa Etheridge" (1988, Island Records) Transcribed by: Anne Drury Email: zerofret_ad@hotmail.com Date: September 27, 2009 INTRO: (play arpeggio slightly palm muted) C F E ---------------------------------|-----------------------------------| B ---------------------------------|-----------------------------------| G -------9---------------9---------|-------10---------------10---------|2x D -----10---10--10-----10---10--10-|-----10----10--10-----10----10--10-| A ---10-------10-----10-------10---|---8---------8------8---------8----| E -8---------------8---------------|-8----------------8----------------| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1ST VERSE: (same arpeggio pattern as Intro) C F C F Just outside my window I hear the late September dogs C F C F And I understand their warning, I understand their song C F C F Since you left I feel the change in the air C F C F And night after night I'm searching for mercy everywhere C F So I wake in the street, and I call out your name C And I shout to the sky, please CHORUS: Am Asus2 Am Come on, let it rain G Let it rain down on me Fadd9 Let the rain touch my hands G Let the rain set me free C F6 C F Let it rain down on me 2ND VERSE: (same arpeggio pattern as Intro) C F C F Silence is the steel that pierces and cuts me to the bone C F C F In dreams the hand that touches you is mine, and mine alone C F C F Cruel is the light, is the morning shining down on me C F C F Hours with the Devil to understand just what you need C F So I wake in the street, and I call out your name C And I shout to the sky, come on CHORUS: Am Asus2 Am Come on, let it rain G Let it rain down on me Fadd9 Let the rain fill my eyes G Let the rain set me free Cadd9 F6 Let it rain down on me BREAK: Cadd9 F6 (play progression 5x) 3RD VERSE: C F C F Just inside the distance I hear the late September dogs C F C F And so I beg for sleep, the child who walked before she crawled C F C F Damn my soul that remembers and clutches to this pain C The spear in your side is me CHORUS: Am Asus2 Am Come on, let it rain G Let it rain down on me Fadd9 Let the rain touch my hands G Let the rain set me free Am Asus2 Am Oh, let it rain G Let the rain fill my eyes Fadd9 I don't want to see, no G Let it rain down on me C Cadd9 C Cadd9 F F6 F F6 Let it rain down on me C Cadd9 C Cadd9 F F6 F F6 (play prog. 4x) 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a | 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a | * * * * * * * * Cadd9 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes: -For the arpeggio, make a partial barre at the 8th fret on the A & low E strings. Then to switch between the C & F chords, only your ring and pinky fingers need to move (index and middle fingers stay anchored). -Chord forms: Fadd9 Cadd9 F6 E ---3---|---0---|---1---| B ---1---|---3---|---3---| G ---2---|---0---|---2---| D ---3---|---2---|---3---| A -------|---3---|-------| E -------|-------|-------| (This file is the transcriber's own work and represents their interpretation of the song.) Anne's Guitar Tab Archive - www.angelfire.com/planet/zerofret